New cub for San Diego Zoo’s giant panda family!
Congratulations to San Diego Zoo’s Bai Yun who gave birth to her fifth cub at 4:58 a.m. PST on Wednesday, 5 August 2009. Her previous cubs include Hua Mei (21 August 1999), Mei Sheng (19 August 2003), Su Lin (2 August 2005) and Zhen Zhen (3 August 2007). Yes, all August babies. What an august family of giant pandas.
Bai Yun may be having another cub, but the zoo’s panda blog notes “If there is a twin to be born, it should happen soon, but we don’t believe there is a high degree of likelihood a second cub will be born at this point.” Her ultrasound initially showed two fetuses but later scans showed one growing while the other one went AWOL. This is not the first time Bai Yun has had twin fetuses – both Mei Sheng (2003) and Su Lin (2005) were surviving cubs from twin pregnancies.
Congratulations to Bai Yun and Gao Gao for adding to the giant panda population!
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